The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-30
FACT AND FANCY.

Eelght thousand people are fed daily by
,ne New York restaurant.
1t is exactly 1O7 years since the first Sunday
newspaper was published.
Attempts to grow American oysters In Ger
man waters have proved unsuccessful.
Snow fell at Bath, N. Y, on the 18th Inst,
and afforded the small boys half hours good
coastlng.
The putting up Of prize packages has been
made unlawful by recent act Of the New York
legislature.
One OF the industries OF the boys and girls at
Lowville, n. Y, is the gathering spruce gum
A great many make over s. day.
Charred wood at depth OF five huB<~nA-
was found by well-diggers while boring T-sI =,
well at Eureka, Cal, the other day. HG~1
Winnpeg's population, according - A>s
cltys assessment rolls, show an increec7 "
about two thousend since last year.
1t is estimated by correspondent of rss
Paris Kdtap that the republic costs France $780,
100000 francs more yearly than the monarchy
Jesus Goihelpn is the somewhat startling
name on card which New York drummer
places before his customers on his periodical
rounds.
Four thousand pennies were given at an
Easter collection in one OF the churches in
Kingston, n. Y. 1t took some time to count
the coins
ats all very well,n said the gravedigger,
'to advise a young man to begin at the bot
tom and work up, but in my business 1t aln's
practicable"
An electric railway has been tried expert.
mentally at Orange, ~ j., with the best re-
suits. Eight miles an hour were accomplished
with the greatest ease
Albany, n. Y, is one OF the three great telc-
graph centcrs in this country, having over
two hundred wires. New York which stands
irsi, has two hundred wires.
Said the editor Of The BdtesviHs (Ark)
Guard the other day. "Maj. Perkins has the
thanks of the editor for pair of breeches
which have not been worn to hurt"
II is said the tide OF travel across the At
lantic has set In so strongly toward Europe
that some OF the steamships have been forced
to suspend the issue Of eastward tickets.
During the recent cold spell man came into
Renoyo, Pa, from Tamarack swamp, bringing
with him seven groundhogs which he had
found frozen to death on the mountain road
leading to ReLovo.
A woman OF Spartanburg, s. c., while car
rylng an arm load OF Wood was attacked re-
Gently by a rabld dog but dropping portion
OF her load, she pitched into the dog aud
killed him with a club.
A regard ring Is one set with stones the in
gaI I.st ~ NH oh han sat N n
order spell the word regard. They are as
follows: l, ruby; 2, emerald; 3, garnet; 4,
amethyst; 8, ruby; 6, diamond.
A New York bookkeeper has succeeded In
writing on one side Of postal-card poems,
containing 3, 100 words. 1t took him hours
to accomplish the task. The letters are about
the size of "dlamondn type
Several years ago a resident OF Manvllle K.
l., purchased a sik-hat to wear at his wife's
funeral lie has only worn it three times
since, but each time at the funeral of a wife.
1t Is but little worn and is in style.
Michael Yerger, of Montgomery county,
Pennsylvania glorcs In the honor OF having
inserted rings in the noses Of over IL, 600 pigs
during two years, being far ahead of any 9th
er man In the profession as far as heard
from.
At negro wedding in Georgia = short
time ago, when the words "loye honor aud
obc,'' were reached the groom interrupted the
preacher and said: "Rcad that again, sab;
read il wunce mo-, SOS de lady kin ketch tho
full solcmnity Of de meanin'. pse been mar
ried bcfo'."
Wall street men are great on quotations
When a reporter remarked the other day 10
big man in the street: "They say SO and so %
going up he got this foT an answer: Young
man, beware Of the expression. They say;' IL
is a catchword of gossips aud the shibboleth
of liars" ~ .Sks8 4s-a
Eagles have played havoc with young lambs
in Grant county, Oregon, this spring. One
farmer lost nine lambs in one day. The
method Of the eagle is to swoop down upon
the helpless little lamb aud knock him over.
and then with another swoop pick him up
and carry him away, to be eaten at leisure.
Thomas +. Murphy, deputy collector Of In
ternal revenue at Augusta, Me-, refuses to
testify In 'liquor nuisance" case, on tho
ground that be is public officer and bis tes-
timony might reduce the internal revenue In
the district. The sheriff seized Murphy for
contempt Of court, but he persisted In his re-
fusal